FedRecruit: IT Kickoff Event (Phase II)On Monday, March 8, the Partnership for Public Service released an issue brief on the state of the IT workforce that highlights the growing need for IT talent, an increasing retirement eligibility and insufficient talent pipelines. Link to the issue brief here:http://www.ourpublicservice.org/OPS/documents/IT%20Issue%20Brief%20Final.pdf The kickoff event highlighted the launch of PhaseRead… Read more »
Ready for the BIG Dance?!? It is time for “Gov Madness”- Join the GovMadness group: ID#: 24678 password: awesome Get in on the excitement of this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (AKA March Madness) with fellow GovLooper’s – it’s simple to play and fun when you win! Go head-to-head with colleagues, friends and Mr. GovLoopRead… Read more »
Big memo from OMB on Innovative Prizes and Engagement….. Memo on Innovative Prizes and Engagement View more documents from GovLoop. What do you think? Favorite
Local Government People lump local government into one big group. But obviously it is different to be a rockstar one-person IT shop like Dustin in Manor, TX Than X,000+ CIO shops in New York City. When people talk about how local government can be more innovative, I believe that is somewhat true. But it isRead… Read more »
Top 5 – Ways to Look Important at the Office I’m writing a little series on Top 5s. I’ll write my top 5s on various topics and I encourage you to write yours. Appearance can be everything. People don’t know what you are really doing so it is important to “look important”. Here’s my 5Read… Read more »
New How-To – How to shoot video quickly, cheaply, and professionally. A quick video with David Patterson of the Merritt Group on how they shoot video blog posts. Favorite
I shot a number of quick videos when I was out in Microsoft HQ last week. Here they are..hope you enjoy. Ressler vs Drapeau as we are about to enter the stage. Microsoft’s Kristin Bockius talking why she loves GovLoop. Talking with expert videographer David Patterson on how to quickly shoot video these days Favorite
Public Sector is Multi-Sector. Do you believe it? As I wrote previously, I believe that public sector is multi-sector. I continuously see my friends and colleagues who are passionate about public service do it from a number of angles. Some are government employees. Some are contractors. Some are authors. Some run non-profits. But all trulyRead… Read more »
GovLoop is more than a website, more than a social network…it truly is a community. And as a community, we’ve launched an Acquisitions 2.0 movement, created radio shows, given over $20,000 to charity via Kiva, helped kids with diabetes through the AwesomeGov Fund, and helped put people in jobs. And when someone in the communityRead… Read more »
Linchpin So I read Seth Godin’g book Linchpin the other day. If you haven’t read it, you should. If you haven’t read his other books like “The Dip” or “Tribes”, you should. Here’s my thoughts from the book -Seth uses Linchpin almost like the word change agent. This is someone who is indenspinsable as theyRead… Read more »